2009 CIMRO Board of Directors and Executive Management Staff

2007 CIMRO Board of Directors and Executive Management Staff
Seated, left to right: Patricia Luker, MHA, Secretary-Treasurer; Barry Slotky, MD, FACOG, Chair; Ronald Johnson, MD, FAAFP, Vice-Chair.
2nd Row: Jennifer Kirkland, RN, BS, CPHQ, Senior Vice President; Mary Belford, MD; Richard Grabher, MPH; 
Kenneth Printen, MD, FACS;  Deborah McDermott, MD; Tina Georgy, RN, MS, Chief Executive Officer.

Mary Belford, M.D. is board certified in psychiatry and neurology, and is in active practice with privileges at three Illinois hospitals. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and Illinois State Medical Society. She previously was a Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Medical at Houston. She is the Chair of CIMRO’s Nominating Committee.

Richard J. Grabher, M.P.H. was the Regional Health Officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health for 21 years. He was Governing Counselor of the American Public Health Association, Past President of the Illinois Public Health Association and the Illinois Society of Public Health Educators, and was a gubernatorial appointee to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council. He is a current member and past Chair of S.C.O.R.E. (Service Corps of Retired Executives). He serves on CIMRO’s Finance Committee.

Ronald L. Johnson, M.D. is a board certified family physician in active practice and is a faculty member at SIU and U of I Schools of Medicine. He is the past Board Chair of the State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulation Medical Licensing Board, and is a consultant to Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Medicaid Integrity at Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. He has served on the Board of Directors and as President of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, and is Chair of the ISMS CME Accreditation Committee. He is a Corporate Representative on the CIMRO of Nebraska Board of Directors. He is the Vice Chair of the CIMRO Board of Directors.

Patricia A. Luker, M.H.A. most recently was the Chief Executive Officer of Dr. John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Illinois. She was previously Assistant Administrator and CEO of two Quorum Health Resources hospitals. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a member of the Illinois Hospital Association’s Small & Rural Hospitals Constituency Section and served as 2008 President of the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network. She is the Secretary-Treasurer of the CIMRO Board of Directors, and is the Chair of the CIMRO Finance Committee.

Deborah K. McDermott, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with active staff privileges at two Illinois hospitals. She is President of Belleville Memorial staff and Past President of St. Elizabeth Hospital medical staff. She is a member of the American Medical Association and Illinois State Medical Society, and is Past President of St. Clair County Medical Society. She serves on CIMRO’s Nominating Committee.

Kenneth J. Printen, M.D. is board certified in general surgery and is Associate Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Northwestern. He is Past President, Trustee, and Officer of the Chicago Medical Society and Illinois State Medical Society. He is a member of the American Medical Association and a Fellow, American College of Surgeons, and is a Past President of the Midwest Surgical Association. He is a Corporate Representative on the CIMRO of Nebraska Board of Directors, and is a member of the CIMRO of Nebraska Finance and Compliance Committee.

Barry Slotky, M.D. is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP) and currently serves on the ABQAURP Board of Directors. He currently has active staff privileges at two Illinois hospitals, and is a former Clinical Assistant Professor at SIU School of Medicine and current Clinical Associate at U of I. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Illinois State Medical Society, and a Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is Chair of the CIMRO Board of Directors.

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